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,j£HE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM THURSDAY, Nov. 11—Constance Tul niadge in “Lufflngswell’s Boots.” FRIDAY, Nov. 12—Charles Ray in “Bill Henry.” SATURDAY, Nov. 13—“ Vanishing Dag * ger.” "Moon Riders.” Comedy. y VOL, XXVII. LOBBYISTS RILE GEORGIA SOLONS States Municipal League Publication. Tells Of Influence of Money, Liquor and Women on State Legislation. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.—Charges that the votes of certain members of the house and the senate of the Georgia legislature have been controlled by a group of'bosses, with headquarters in the “throneroom” of an Atlanta hotel, through the instrumentality of liquor, money and women, are made in the latest issue of the Municipal League Bulletin, which is edited by Marion Jackson, of Atlanta. It is admitted in the bulletin that these allegations are made on hearsay evdence, but Mi. Jackson states that the league is moral ly convinced of their truth. Tire publication is the official organ of t'.e Municipal League of Georgia, which has for its primary purpose the absorption of public utilities by the state, and is reliaby reputed to lie fi nanced by John J. Egan, of Atlanta. The article in the second issue of The Bulletin is under the caption, “The Working Lobby at the Capitol—Those Who Rule in Georgia.” It affords a graphic description of the clique which, charged, controls all legislation from a room in one of the local hotels, ex plaining the methods used as embrac ing moral corruption in every conceiv able form. LOOKING FOR LOCATION TO INSTALL A BAKERY Mr. J. H. Moore, of this city, is lotting for a desirable location to in stall an up-to-date bakery. I'hare is no reason why a first-class bakery should not find a fertile field in Winder. Good bread is the staff of life, and there is no reason why that kind of bread cannot be baked in Win der. Sink or swim, Mr. Moore is going to launch the enterprise, and we urge all Winder to boost him by giving gen erous patronage to a home industry. A WOMAN’S CU B Every woman in Winder who is in terested in the organization of a Wo man’s Club is invited to be at the school building on Monday afternoon at 3 :30 o’clock. Ths club is for the public welfare of Winder, and is to he neither social, sectarian or political. Mrs. Parker, of Athens, will address the women present on the subject of club work. ♦'me to the meeting whether you expect to join or not. BUICK AUTO SERVICE Mr. Guy P. Jackson has established a Buick Auto Service. His headquar ters are at the Motor Inn Filling Sta tion and he can he reached day or night. He uses new cars and can carry you to your destination in ease and comfort. See advertisement in this issue. SACRED HARP SINGING Lovers of the old-fashioned vocal music are cordially invited to meet at the Christian church in Winder next Sunday afternoon for an old-fashioned singing. The Sacred Harp book will be used, and both old and young are urged to cot”-? out and enjoy the sweet songs of Zion. Singi*>g logins at 2 o’clock Eastern time. AUTO CLEANING CLUB Mr. Hubert Stewart is organizing: an Auto Cleaning Club— that is be offers to care for the cars owned by tlie club members at reasonable rates. Be sure to read his notice to the public in this issue. WARNING! I wish to warn all hunters that I have nothing else to do these pretty cays but to issue county and state license. I don’t want to cause you trouble, but the law calls for a license and if you don’t see me and get your credentials, toe the mark like a man when you are hauled up before the proper officer. You can see me over Eberhart’s Store. J. W. SIMS, C. -G. W. ejeqj uoijisod b jdaooß oj ‘■OK ‘stuo'l -IS Jo; qaa.tt aqt jo j.ißd jajßi eqi eAßei in-ii JOtafA jk ®je lUiuftci News. Untrammeled by Prejudice and Unawed by Fear We Speak the Truth and Contend tor the Right -r ' ■ MAY ALLISON Will Be Seen Monday at the Strand IN “CHEATERS” MINORITY HAS POOR PROSPECT IN NEW HOUSE Washington.—With Champ Clark de feated the leadership of the Democrat is House minority will fall to Claude Kitchen of North Carolina, if his health will permit him to serve, Democratic members say. Mr. Kitchin was Democratic leader in the Sixty-Fifth Congress and is conceded the ablest debater and par liamentarian left to the Democratic party. While delivering a speech dur ing the last session of the House, how ever, he suffered a stroke of paralysis. If he has not sufficiently recovered the Democratic leadership will fall to Representive John Garner of Texas. Garner has led several skirmishes in the House and has proved to be an excellent organizer and strategist. The situation calls for a leader of more than exceptional ability, it is pointed out, if the Democrats are not to be entirely “lost in the shuffle.” Practically complete returns show the Republicans will have a member ship of 21)3, or a majority of 166 in the House. This means the Republi cans will have a quorum even if every Democratic member should absent, him self from the floor. Thus the Demo crats will be unable to fall back on what has always been one of the effec tive weapons jof a minority—a fili buster by absenteeism. With only 13S members to serve on 63 committees. Democratic represen tatives will have the thorniest path to travel that ever has confronted a minority party in the House. It has been customary for members of important committees to have no further assignment. Ordinarily .they have no time for other work. In the present House, v the important Ways and Means Committee is composed of fifteen Republicans and ten Democrats'; Appropriations. Banking and Currency, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Naval Af fairs and Military Affairs, thirteen Republicans and eight Democrats and the smaller committees practically in the same ratio. To obtain anything like efficient rep resentation on any of these vital com mittees the Democrats will be compell ed to double up to such an extent it Will tax both their industry and inge nuity, even f it does not render them impotent. ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION A celebration of Armistice Day will be held at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening, November 11, at 7:30. Be sure and come so you may enjoy this entertaining and appropriate program by the Pa rent-Teachers Club. Every patriotic citizen is urged to be present. The American Legion and others were members of our army dur ing the great war and the Boy Scouts ar e especially wanted. Don t forget the Fair to be held at the school house November 10th. The Parent-Teacher s Club is planing to have this occasion “a jolly good time” for all who attend. There will be plenty to cat and plenty to do to amuse you for an evening. Come and help us and well as have a good time. DEATH OF MR. SAM MARTIN On last Saturday at his home in Fayetteville, Ga., occured the death of Mr. Sam Martin. The funeral and interment took place on Sunday, that day being Mr. Martin’s seventh-fifth birthday. He was the father of Mrs. Ed Herrin of this city, and her many friends deeply sympathize with her in her loss. WINDER, BARROW COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1920. CURRENT NEWS THE WORLD OVER The North QeoYgia Conference of the Methodist church is in session this week in Atlanta. Bulgraia has requested membership in the League of Nations, and her ap plication has been filed. Twelve thousand men, members of the building trades in Baltimore, at a recent meeting declined an increase in wages. This is a good sign that prices are on the down grade. President Wilson lias directed Secre tary Colby, of the state department, to visit Brazil and Uruguay as his personal representative. Secretary Colby will use the battleship Florida on liis trip. The duchess of Marlborough, for merly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, lias at last gotten rid of her cockeyed, stoop-shouldered, faithless duke. Tues day she was awarded a decree of di vorce. Captain Emmett Kilpatrick, represen tative of the American Red Cross in South Russia, and two nurses' were brutally billed during a bolslieviki cavalry raid on Solkova station, say.. a Sabastopol dispatch to Reuter’s Limited. Egbert E. Gales, traveling salesman for a Chicago house, took the booze gasoline route to eternity in Atlanta Tuesday morning about 3 o'clock when the automobile in which he was jolly ing ran into a telephone pole. While talking to her former fiancee, Miss Theodora Saunders, of Loredo, Texas, suddenly drew and plunged a Mexican dagger through her heart and sank mortally wounded to the messa dine floor of a Chicago hotel. She died on the way to a hospital. Nearly 9,000 bodies of American soldiers who died or were killed in France during the war have been shipp ed to the United States and turned over to their nearest 'relatives, and 1,800 more await shipment at French ports. When the South Georgia Methodist Conference convenes this year in Moul trie, J. P. McFerrin, 80 years old, will ask to be superanuated. He has preach ed 53 years, attended 220 quarterly conferences and has preached in the neighborhood of 8,000 sermons. CENTRAL CHURCH, ATHENS On Sunday, October 10, this church celebrated its tenth anniversary, and also at the same time the tents an niversary of the pastorate of Rev. Samuel J. Cartledge. It was a most happy and helpful occasion in every particular. Seven new members were received, representing three new fam ilies. In the ten years of its existence it has a net increase in membership of 758 per cent, or an average net in crease of 75 and 4-5 per year. It is thoroughly organized in every depart ment. All its services are well attend ed, and the spirit of brotherly love and good fellowship is very marked. At this anniversary occasion the pas tor's salary was increased from $3,000 to $4,000 per annum. AN APPEAL TO FRIENDS. 'To my Freuds and Patrons: The time of the year has arrived when my bills are pressing and I must have money to meet my obligations. Because of the low price of cotton I have hesitated to call on you, but I must have money, and I appeal to each 'one indebted to me to make an effort at once to pay their account, If you cannot pay all, pay part IV hen jou called on me, I cheerfully responded. Now treat me as I treated you. Respectfully, S. T. ROSS, M. D. REAL ESTATE DEAL Mr. W. H. Quarterman has purchas ed from Mr. John Perry the Perry- Daniel home on Candler street. This is one of the largest real estate deals pulled off in Winder since the tighten ing up of money. It is said the con sideraton was around fifteen thiousand dollars. Mr. Ernest Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sims, is home again after four years’ service in the Marines. Mrs. Custer Ross and two little daughters were guests of relatives in Atlanta the first of the week. DON’T EVER MARRY BIG VICTORY WON BY HIGHWAY BOAR!) After a fight in the state legislature which was. the center of interest for several weeks and finally ended in the house appropriations committee refus ing to make the Knight resolution for county distribution based on post road mileage conform with the repealed sec tion of the motor vehicle act of last year, and reporting it back to tlie house unfavorable, another chapter in the cast was written Monday when Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of the Clark superior court, denied the mandamus petition filed by the county of Butts, et al. against the state highway board and dismissed the mandamus nisi. In addition to this decision, Judge Cobb cited the conflict in the plan of distribution by the state highway board of funds arising from the law as approved August 18, 1919, one pro viding for distribution of funds on a plan of post roads mileage, and the other under congressional road district. The ruling of the judge, after citing tliis conflict, in the two laws, leaves the matter in the highway board's hands so that the funds shall be dis tributed under the plan of distribution as set forth in the highway law with out reference to the plan under the motor vehicle law. This ruling by Judge Cobb is de scribed as a distinct victory for the highway board and removes one of the last obstacles in its program of ipad construction. The organization now has the roads of the state divided into twelve congressional districts, with a district engineer directing high way construction work in each Working on this basis the board is defraying the expenses of its program with funds obtained under the motor vehicle tax law. —Atlanta Constitution. A WORD OF APPRECLATION I wish to express my sincere appre ciation to the men and women of Win der who cast their ballot for me in the recent primary. 1 shall endeavor to merit your confidence. If I should err in my official duties, I beg to as sure you it will be an error of the head and not of the heart. I thank you. Respectfully, W. E. AUTRY. JOKES BY JURY One of the most brutal, premediated murders ever committed in this coun try occurred in Chicago. Carl Wanderer, a former army officer shot to death his wife and their un born child and a “poor boob” who had been hired by the murderer to stage a fake holdup. A jury of men, supposedly sane, fixed his punishment at twenty-five years in the penitentiary. Good behavior will reduce it to fourteen years. Decent people the country over have been both amuzed and disgusted at this verdict. It is becoming so increasingly dif ficult to mete out justice through the medium of men juries that courts and prosecutors are beginning to consider calling in the women for jury service. It is painfully evident that their sense of honor, right and justice is far superior to that of modern man. A jury of women might hesitate at the death penalty, hut they at least would have given this human monster a life sentence In the penitentiary. The correction of these nauseating womanhood of our country, jokes by jury appear to he up to the CARD OF THANKS We, the committee, wish to thank each person for making it possible for us to furnish a room for Bro. and Mrs. Mashburn in their new home to be called the Winder Room. MRS. H. P. QULLIAN. FOR RENT TWO 2-HORSE FARMS DR. C. S. WILLIAMS RIOT OF GRAFT ALLEGED UNDER UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD PROGRAM IN HONOR OF ARMISTICE DAY Dr. Sam Cart ledge will fill bis pulpit Dr. Sam ('artledge will fill sis pulpit at the Presbyterian church tonight, and after a short sermon a program will be rendered in honor of Armistice Day. The program lias been arranged by the Parent Teachers Association and the ladies of the Presbyterian church. All ex-service men are urged to lie present, and a cordial invitation to all church members of ail denominations is extended. Many of Winder’s best singers will take part in the singing. The ex-service men will meet at the City Pharmacy at 7:30 and march to the church in a body. “HURRAH FOR THE WHITES, HURRAH FOR THE REDS.” Only two more Sundays and the con test closes. This is a wonderful class of men and for the past eight weeks have proven just how interested they really are by their loyalty and personal work they have been doing. We bad ill present the past Sunday. We are planning to have 125 next Sunday. If you are a member of the men’s class at tlie Christian church and have failed to help us by your attendance for some time, we urge yon to come Sunday. If you are not a member of any Sunday School, we give you a cordial invita tion to come. This class is doing things worth while. Come and be a part of it, we need you and you need us. Ralph Smith captain for the White side. Guy Jackson captain for the Red side. BELL CARRIES FIFTEEN OF THE NINETEEN COUNTIES So far ns we are able to learn be fore going to press the following is the vote cast in the recent election for Congressman from the Ninth. We.are unable to get the vote in Union and Fannin but we give the majority in favor of Barnwell. Here is the way the result stacked up: Bell’s B’well County Bell B’nwell Maj’ty Muj’ty Pickens 648 557 91 Barrow 701 358 343 Habersham 631 465 166 Banks 638 181 457 White 373 157 216 * Stephens 465 186 297 Milton 341 204 131 Jackson 1253 81 1172 Gwinett 1733 1030 703 Rabun 331 125 206 Dawson 382 282 100 Hall 1626 716 910 Lumpkin 207 148 59 Cherokee 673 1000 327 Towns 274 397 105 Forsyth 958 612 346 Gilmer 853 189 664 Union 21 Fannin 3®® 5849 848 Bell's total majority 5001. MR. RICHARD BOGGS DEAD Mrs. J. L. Williamson and Mrs. S. T. Ross were called to Dauielsville Monday to the bedside of their brother and uncle, Mr. Richard Boggs. Mr. Boggs died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday with Masonic honors.. He was 86 years of age. Mrs. Tom Burson, who has been in Athens for treatment, spent the week end here with relatives. Mrs. J. M. Brooksher, of Dahlonega, is spending a few days here, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Miles C. Wiley. Mr. Joe Coker and Miss Ruth Mit chell, of Atlanta, spent the week-eriil in Atlanta as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Coker. Mrs. A. S. E her hart was called to Atlanta Sunday on account of the ser ious illness of her hrother-ln-law, Dr Watkins, who continues critically ill. Little hope is felt for his recovery. Dr. Watkins with his family moved to Atlanta last fall from Maysville. His many friends in this section will learn with sorrow of his illness. THE STRAND THEATER PROGRAM MONDAY. Nov. 15—May Allison in “Cheaters.” TUESDAY, Nov. 16—“ Lost City.” Serial Gladys Brockwell in “White Lies.” WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17—Constance Binny in “The Stolen Kiss.” Corruption Laid To the Officials And To Employees—Government Rob bed of Tremendous Sums. Washington, November f. —Corrup- tion of employees and officials of the shipping board emergency fleet corpo ration, graft in purchasing supplies for, and in repairing government-own ed merchant ships, and the use of politi cal or other influence in obtaining con tracts for ship construction and the allocation of completed vessels to operating companies, are among a maze of charges made in a report sub mitted to the house committee on ship ping hoard operations by A. M. Fisher and ,T. F. Richardson, former employees of the board. Chairman Benson, of the shipping board, refused tonight to discuss the report, declaring that any statement lie might have to make would be made to the house committee, which now is continuing its investigations of the board’s operations. Deals With Many Phases. The report was made public tonight by the committee, of which Represen tative Walsh, Republican, Mass., is chairman. It covers more than 100 printed pages, and deals exhaustively with many phases of shipping board operations as observed by the commit tee’s investigator over a period of more than a year. Mr. Fisher, who formerly was con nected with the federal trade commis sion, made a survey for the shipping board as to record-keeping systems in the office of the lumber administration. Mr. Richardson, for twenty years a newspaper man, was employed for sev eral years in the board’s department of investigation. In presenting the report, Mr. Fisher explained that it was designed to deal only with problems which could be solved wholly by the shipping board itself and “left untouched” fourteen general subjects in connection with the board’s operations. Among these were enumerated organizations of the board, technical errors in the construction program, German-American deals, as sumption of diplomatic functions by the board officials, enforcement of the new merchant marine act and evasion of the selective service act. Taking up in detuil seven general phases of the board’s activities, the report charges gross waste of govern ment funds, improperly drawn Con tracts, which cost the government large sums, and failure of the various divi sions of the board to co-operate efficient- ly, and the almost complete failure of some of the divisions to function properly. Padding of Payrolls. Padding of payrolls by firms repair ing shipping board vessels, ownership by companies operating government ves sels of stock companies furnishing sup plies to those craft at prices ranging anywhere from 40 to 50 per cent above wholesale cost, wholesale theft of sup plies and equipment from ships, and the loss of millions of dollars through improperly secured loans made to con tractors building government vessels also were charged. Investigators alleged that in some cases the fleet corporation loaned money to contractors and accepted as security bonds issued by the contractors, “which bonds have since been found worthless.” The charge also was made that in many cases shipbuilding plants with materials “which are going concerns, are turned back to contractors as salvage propo sitions, and that the contractors thus reap large profits at the expense of the fleet corporation.” SAFE IS BLOWN AT BANK OF GRAYSON The vault of the Bank of Grayson waR blown open late Friday night by experienced safe blowers. Some cash was taken, as well as several Liberty Bonds and other valuble papers. The salt which contained the money was not tampered with. Sheriff Garner was Immediately call ed to the scene and is assisting Chief of Police Brooks in running down the guilty party. —Lawrenceville News- Herahl. The friends in Winder of Mr. Her bert Coker will be Interested in the announcement of his marriage to Miss Mollle Bramer, formerly of Philadel phia, but now of Atlanta. NO. 31